Vernacular Architecture and Disaster Resilience: Seismic Lessons from Traditional Nias Omo Hada

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DOI https://doi.org/10.55923/kirana.v5i1.3
Tri Purnomo 1 , Tri Gunawan 2 , Doni Kurniawan 3 , Ratna Nasution 4
1, 2, 3, 4Research Center for Informatics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
1 tri.purnomo@brin.go.id , 2 tri.gunawan@brin.go.id , 3 doni.kurniawan@brin.go.id , 4 ratna.nasution@brin.go.id

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The catastrophic earthquakes across northern Sumatra revealed the extraordinary structural resilience of traditional Nias wooden timber architecture (Omo Hada). Analyzing diagonal bracing, non-rigid tenon joinery, and pillar foundation stones, this paper derives seismic architectural principles for contemporary sustainable housing.
Issue Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026)
Section Articles
Pages 307-320
Published 2026-03-15

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